Black and White — chords & grille (gypsy jazz)
Black and White by Django Reinhardt — key of C (manouche), form A B. Below is the full chord grid; on Haute Gitanerie you can play along with a scrolling chord ribbon, transpose to any key, set the tempo, and switch on a rhythm backing (la pompe) to practise your solos over the changes.
Black and White chords — the grille
A : | E7/B | E7/B | Gm6/B♭ | Gm6/B♭ | D7/A | D7/A | Fm6/A♭ | Fm6/A♭ | C/G | C/G | A♭ | A♭ | C | C | A7 | A7 | Dm | A7 | Dm | Dm | B7 | B7 | Em | G7 |
B : | E7/B | E7/B | Gm6/B♭ | Gm6/B♭ | D7/A | D7/A | Fm6/A♭ | Fm6/A♭ | C/G | C/G | A♭ | A♭ | C | C | A7 | A7 |
Chords used
E7/B · Gm6/B♭ · D7/A · Fm6/A♭ · C/G · A♭ · A7 · Dm · B7 · Em · G7
Play along
Open the interactive grille to play Black and White with the backing track (beta), transpose it, and slow it down — a practice backing to blow over, right in the browser, free.